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Center of Mass & Centroid Problems - Calculus

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  • Опубликовано: 22 мар 2018
  • This calculus video tutorial provides a basic introduction into the center of mass of a system also known as the centroid. It explains how to find the x and y coordinates of the centroid of a planar lamina which is a 2d region. The center of mass occurs where an object or a region can be balanced by a pencil if gravity is the only force acting on it. This video contains plenty of examples and practice problems.
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  • @TheOrganicChemistryTutor
    @TheOrganicChemistryTutor  Год назад +3

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  • @aidancallaghan7059
    @aidancallaghan7059 4 года назад +196

    Ive literally just started skipping my calculus classes and watching you instead. much better.

  • @frenshyruiz7267
    @frenshyruiz7267 5 лет назад +282

    how can anybody unlike this? he does an outstanding job in explaining.

    • @ceoofpoonis3668
      @ceoofpoonis3668 4 года назад +18

      how can anybody *dislike this

    • @samuelborcherding8033
      @samuelborcherding8033 3 года назад +28

      It is probably professors who's jobs he is taking lol

    • @eldi
      @eldi 3 года назад +7

      too easy examples.

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      @diags_1109 2 года назад +1

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  • @Arminecraft
    @Arminecraft 5 лет назад +61

    The calmness you have while explaining it, the methodology you use with perfection, it just couldn't be a better video. Thank you.

  • @joluju2375
    @joluju2375 4 года назад +78

    I appreciated this video very much mostly because it starts with the meaning of "balance" everyone "feels". Only after, it builts up progressively, and as a conclusion we get formulas, and we understand the "why" of these formulas.
    Thumb up, you care to explain well, I like it.

  • @pernal9956
    @pernal9956 3 года назад +7

    Wow this video was absolutely amazing. It really helped me get a better understanding of how we can use calculus in physics. Thank you so much

  • @cheese-g69
    @cheese-g69 Год назад +3

    You have videos on literally everything. Thanks so much!

  • @clarinemaerenejane6238
    @clarinemaerenejane6238 2 года назад +8

    I think you forgot the 1/2 at last example when you get the y-coordinate

  • @abassmobolaji9809
    @abassmobolaji9809 Год назад +11

    I don’t know if organic chemistry tutor will see this but please we really need video on centroid of composite shapes,then moment of inertia. Lots of engineering students are having issues with this. It would be really nice if you can come through for us.

  • @mohammedalahmed3133
    @mohammedalahmed3133 Год назад +1

    My life would have been a nightmare without you sir... you have my utmost gratitude

  • @chasesmaker2424
    @chasesmaker2424 2 года назад +12

    great vid, but i think you forgot the (1/2) constant when doing the y bar and the final should be 12/5

  • @GreatnessUrge
    @GreatnessUrge 3 года назад +3

    🔥 This guy is too good. I wish you are able to tutor me in all my engineering courses.

  • @WarriorBane
    @WarriorBane Год назад +1

    Thnx Julio Gonzalez your the best teacher I ever had

  • @bobnob4393
    @bobnob4393 3 года назад +2

    love this vid, really useful. I just wish you did an example where there were the two lines didn't intersect. Like x=y^2 & x=1/2(y^2 + 1) in this case there are 3 lines that make up the area and i'm not sure on where to get the limits

  • @Dissenter1688
    @Dissenter1688 2 года назад +1

    Best video in the topic. Thank you.

  • @Maybe.019
    @Maybe.019 4 года назад +2

    Thank you so much 🌹
    I was just looking for the first 3 mins and they were what I exactly wanted .

  • @xyaid5050
    @xyaid5050 2 года назад +4

    (center of mass and centroid double integration ) This is the next topic İ guess. the way you teach ıs amazing

  • @eliminshrintar
    @eliminshrintar 6 лет назад +35

    I know this is calculus of course. But this application is really physics based as well. Doing angular momentum we have to use this very technique to start off. I know because we just had a lecture on this very thing yesterday. And wow, was I lost in class. Timing could not be better for this video.
    Thanks!

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  • @joliettraveler
    @joliettraveler 3 года назад +2

    This is fantastic. So much better to understand the formula than just memorizing it.

  • @georgesadler7830
    @georgesadler7830 10 месяцев назад

    Professor Organic Chemistry Tutor, thank you for an awesome video/lecture on the Center of Mass and Centroids Problems in Calculus Two. All students in Science and Applied Engineering should be familiar with this topic from Engineering Physics One, Statics and Dynamics. This is an error free video/lecture on RUclips TV with the Organic Chemistry Tutor.

  • @liamtolkkinen5025
    @liamtolkkinen5025 Год назад +2

    This was very helpful! thank you so much!

  • @KiranAshraf-pf6zt
    @KiranAshraf-pf6zt 6 месяцев назад

    Nice explanation sir ❤ you are an inspiration for calculus student

  • @leokhandrorami6828
    @leokhandrorami6828 6 лет назад +19

    We need problems related to determine the centroide of stuffs

  • @subhankapadi1730
    @subhankapadi1730 3 года назад +1

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  • @riyannaffanusafara5940
    @riyannaffanusafara5940 8 месяцев назад

    This video could cover each one of my physics and calculus class. But I still came to class to sleep under AC. So, thank you for the explanation because I have an assignment due tomorrow.

  • @jkh1222
    @jkh1222 Год назад +7

    There is a mistake in the last problem, y should be 12/5. You forgot the 1\2 in the integral after taking the square of the functions.

    • @driell6544
      @driell6544 Год назад

      He actually did divided it in the end. He forgot

  • @klaytonickinson
    @klaytonickinson 2 года назад +6

    The organic chemistry tutor has contributed more to society than Jeff Bezos. Truly a saint.

  • @momolight2468
    @momolight2468 4 года назад +1

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  • @shahriarparvez6820
    @shahriarparvez6820 Год назад

    Its a great video...keep going sir

  • @user-dp7dd4bh4f
    @user-dp7dd4bh4f 5 месяцев назад

    Wow my Calc 2 professor overcomplicated the hell out of this subject thank you so much

  • @hassannittofornah6403
    @hassannittofornah6403 5 лет назад +4

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    • @nikhithad8377
      @nikhithad8377 5 лет назад

      Julio Gonzalez

    • @shelley9167
      @shelley9167 3 года назад

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    @ogagatuodeinye700 3 года назад

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    @ella_lovelife9641 4 года назад +2

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    @3mmo3beet16 Год назад

    This video is golden

  • @maximlavrenko1164
    @maximlavrenko1164 2 года назад +3

    20:20 I don't get it. how did you put the y inside the integral??

  • @Roxie1034
    @Roxie1034 6 лет назад +3

    So helpful! Thank you

  • @PrinceAli-p7l
    @PrinceAli-p7l 2 года назад

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  • @MrAki420
    @MrAki420 4 года назад +4

    wonderful explanation. just a minor glitch. forgot the 2 in the last problem at 40:14. Respect for your patience and incredible teaching. Thank you.

    • @JP17798
      @JP17798 2 года назад

      glitch? 💀

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      @NZC_Meow 10 месяцев назад

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    @juanjo984184333 3 года назад

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  • @edisonflores6486
    @edisonflores6486 5 лет назад +5

    please make a video for centroids of solid of revolution

  • @languageofuniverse
    @languageofuniverse 4 года назад

    well done

  • @9LimaAlpha7
    @9LimaAlpha7 2 года назад

    thank you ever so much !!

  • @user-dy8pz8wl6o
    @user-dy8pz8wl6o 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for teaching You’re better than my professor ;) but 40:06 where is the 1/2?

  • @chukwuebukaedward5765
    @chukwuebukaedward5765 4 года назад +10

    this topic was driving me crazy until I saw this video..... Thanks

  • @belliebella9414
    @belliebella9414 2 года назад +1

    For the y where does the 1/2 after limit a to b come from

  • @markkennedy9767
    @markkennedy9767 Год назад

    Can you give a reason why we can always find a horizontal line y=a through the lamina such that the sum of all the moments on either side of this line (ie the integral) is guaranteed to be zero. Or indeed why one can always find a line y=mx+c through the lamina where the sum of the moments on either side of it sum to zero. I know it's intuitively obvious (intersection of plumb lines hanging from different positions on the lamina in physics for example) but Id love to see a proof of this. Unfortunately I can't find an answer anywhere.

  • @xzman1129
    @xzman1129 4 года назад

    Thank you if I have more I will make it thanks again

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    @muhammadarfan8360 2 года назад

    thank you!

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    @LIEUTENANTCOLONEL-xy3jl 3 месяца назад

    Ma Sha Allah broh🎉🎉🎉

  • @squareroot1698
    @squareroot1698 2 года назад

    38:02 when he plugged in lower limit -2 as x, he didnt apply the multiplication of 2/9 outside the brackets.... why?

  • @madeleinesilitonga9795
    @madeleinesilitonga9795 3 года назад +1

    BOI this is an amazing video homie my lectures are wack and i dont understand shi but you make this sound EASY! luv ya hope ya doin well my g

    • @cloudyo_o2792
      @cloudyo_o2792 3 года назад

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  • @kareemhani4530
    @kareemhani4530 4 года назад

    Thank you very much

  • @MrFirelord
    @MrFirelord 4 месяца назад

    Thanks!

  • @solomonetim3041
    @solomonetim3041 2 года назад

    Pls I don't understand how u substitute m1y1+m2y3 pls where did u u get the numbers from sir...I mean this 8(5)+12(2) pls answer pls 🙏

  • @catholicmusictimandcatheri8023
    @catholicmusictimandcatheri8023 4 месяца назад

    Do you not have to work out the integral before you multiply by f(x) + g(x)/2?

  • @ihfazhassan1548
    @ihfazhassan1548 3 года назад

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  • @ruchikabhuyan1501
    @ruchikabhuyan1501 2 года назад

    how would we go about finding the centre of mass for a three-dimensional figure? would the z-coordinate be found in a similar fashion as x and y?

    • @meinUnishit
      @meinUnishit 6 месяцев назад

      yes do it like usually but threat each coordinate as an individual thing.

  • @zhigangxu2007
    @zhigangxu2007 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for your video. However you should pay attention to moment definition precisely. Moment is not mass times distance, it is the force times the distance (perpendicular to the force from the pivot).

  • @graceseyoum
    @graceseyoum 5 лет назад +5

    You deserve a Nobel Prize

    • @verrainurahara
      @verrainurahara 8 месяцев назад

      There exist no one for mathematics...

  • @bobosamathcee
    @bobosamathcee 3 года назад

    Life saver🥺🥺

  • @joselistino6195
    @joselistino6195 5 лет назад +12

    What happened to 1/2 in the last part of the video?

    • @joluju2375
      @joluju2375 4 года назад +4

      He forgot it, then realized his mistake 3mn later, at the very end.

  • @hasanxalid8904
    @hasanxalid8904 5 лет назад +1

    wooow how amazing you are boy alot of thanksssssssssssss

  • @ignatiusnwankwo5134
    @ignatiusnwankwo5134 2 года назад

    You are godsent

  • @julianfabregas8899
    @julianfabregas8899 Год назад

    my only issue is finding the centroid and the shape opens downward on the x axis like
    y=x
    and
    y=2x-4

  • @violetsarenotblue2877
    @violetsarenotblue2877 2 года назад +2

    Forgive me, my calculus is a bit rusty, but how exactly did you move the x into (from a to b) ∫(f(x)-g(x)dx at 22:23? Are we assuming that x is a constant? Or is this some other rule I haven't encountered yet?

    • @adsoyad-ln7zb
      @adsoyad-ln7zb 2 года назад

      Same i cant figure out why can this happen

    • @hunterjones4234
      @hunterjones4234 Год назад

      yo did you end up figuring it out?

    • @verrainurahara
      @verrainurahara 8 месяцев назад

      That makes absolutely no sense without a valid argument

  • @JZJora
    @JZJora 5 лет назад +5

    You're God's gift to mankind

  • @eliodecolli
    @eliodecolli 4 года назад +3

    why are you adding the formula to find yi inside the integral? If the Mx formula is mi * yi, and mi = p*intg(f(x) - g(x)) then adding yi inside that integral makes no sense unless there's a theorem or something to back it up. Shouldn't it be Mx = p * intg(f(x) - g(x)) * f(x)-g(x) / 2 ?

    • @satyapandya2034
      @satyapandya2034 3 года назад

      Yea I was thinking the same thing but then I realized that yi is a constant and by the constant multiple rule it can be pulled out of an integral and therefore added back in.

    • @satyapandya2034
      @satyapandya2034 3 года назад

      He says (f(x) - g(x))/2 but the x has a value so that whole expression is a constant.

  • @hansandrewconsuegra8169
    @hansandrewconsuegra8169 5 лет назад +2

    Shouldn't the area be 1/2? Because at 35:00 , the second part should be (8/3 + 4/2 - 4), instead of (8/3 - 4/2 - 4). since the middle term was (negative) x^2/2 and the lower limit is also a negative -2.

    • @joluju2375
      @joluju2375 4 года назад

      The video is right, your calculation has a mistake. The lower bound is -2. If you square it, you get +4. Take the half, it's +4/2. The middle terme was the negative of that, so -4/2 is ok.

  • @scooterjones5241
    @scooterjones5241 2 года назад

    College of the organic chemistry tutor

  • @suscraft7767
    @suscraft7767 10 месяцев назад

    make a video on gravitational potential energy

  • @matthewjohnston3678
    @matthewjohnston3678 3 года назад

    ok, someone correct me if I am wrong here but at 40:04 the (1/2) just dissapears from the equation. We substitute A and then never add the constant before the integrand.....

    • @matthewjohnston3678
      @matthewjohnston3678 3 года назад

      nevermind, watch the whole video, comes back in at the end.

  • @saeidgamal7804
    @saeidgamal7804 4 года назад +1

    you're brilliant👏👏💜💜💜💜❤💙

  • @kiransteward5387
    @kiransteward5387 4 года назад +3

    22:26 Xi changes though for each strip, how can you just multiply the area/mass of the whole shape by just the X coordinate of one of the many strip's?

    • @gsairforce1482
      @gsairforce1482 4 года назад +2

      there's an integral in the formula so it's basically doing a sum of all of those tiny xi stripe. That's how it works. You should check out the Riemann sum if you want to get a better understanding of the concept

  • @grandlong5462
    @grandlong5462 3 года назад

    @40:12 Where did “1/2 “ go?

  • @MRZEE-nf1fq
    @MRZEE-nf1fq 7 месяцев назад

    37:52 wouldn't the even power of -X^4 change the sign of x ?

  • @darwinmunoz-silva469
    @darwinmunoz-silva469 3 месяца назад

    Sir on your last example I thin you forgot to put 1/2 on the formula or am I wrong XD hehe

  • @Fordopmix12
    @Fordopmix12 3 месяца назад

    makes it easy

  • @shelley9167
    @shelley9167 3 года назад

    Thank youuuu!

  • @trevorbilak-sackin792
    @trevorbilak-sackin792 4 года назад

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but Moment is defined as rxf, r being the distance from the point you're focusing on, and f being the force applied. It simplifies to basically be torque (force times distance), but mass isn't a weight so how can they be the same

    • @Biggyweezer69
      @Biggyweezer69 4 года назад +2

      If you assume gravity is constant at every point on the lever/masses it can be ignored, since it will be the same for both moments, when comparing them it will be divided out. If gravity were different on one side of the fulcrum you would need to take that into account and use mass not weight. :3

    • @joluju2375
      @joluju2375 4 года назад

      I agree with Otaku Fam. In order to find a center of mass, we compare things. Whether you use distance*force or distance*mass for a comparison is of no importance, just because it's only a comparison.
      I mean (D1*F1)/(D2*F2) = (D1*F1*g)/(D2*F2*g) = (D1*M1)/(D2*M2)

  • @jadeqochaini2124
    @jadeqochaini2124 3 года назад

    I’m in 5 grade and I understand this completely and other calculus stuff thanks

    • @pseudorealityisreal
      @pseudorealityisreal 3 года назад +3

      I am from previous birth, and I understand it completely as well.

    • @breathtakingsamurai981
      @breathtakingsamurai981 3 года назад +1

      @@pseudorealityisreal
      I'm 5 yo and completely understand quantum mechanics and real analysis

    • @puddleduck1405
      @puddleduck1405 2 года назад

      thats amazing! Keep going :D

  • @EricPham-ui6bt
    @EricPham-ui6bt Год назад

    Can you believe it if just sunlight alone by using moment it add. 544 m/s^2 acceleration

  • @jisancy5423
    @jisancy5423 2 года назад

    still dont understand what is the different between center of mass and centroid

  • @ird1281
    @ird1281 4 года назад +1

    What is the reference of the center of mass formula ?

  • @joumanaswailem6245
    @joumanaswailem6245 5 месяцев назад

    guys doesn't momunt means f.d.sin & momentum is m.v why did he say momunt is equal to m.d I'm so confuseddd

  • @jesschica9338
    @jesschica9338 5 лет назад +1

    what happened at 37:11?

    • @joluju2375
      @joluju2375 4 года назад

      I also did'nt understand at first. Only later did I realize he first calculated the inside of the square brackets [(...)*(...)] and only after he wrote the x that was in front, like this x*[(......)]. I agree it's desorienting.

  • @agoers3501
    @agoers3501 Год назад

    15:48 is when he starts talking about center of mass equations involving points

  • @timothyeckel7169
    @timothyeckel7169 6 лет назад +6

    where did the 1/2 at 40:00 go

    • @jknvorneb
      @jknvorneb 5 лет назад +5

      It went to 43:40

    • @joluju2375
      @joluju2375 4 года назад

      He did a mistake, and as John Doe noted, put it back at 43:40

  • @anzatzi
    @anzatzi 5 лет назад

    unsure what center of mass about axis means?

    • @joluju2375
      @joluju2375 4 года назад

      Center of mass by itself has a physical meaning, and also it's a point. Now, a point has a location, given by two numbers. If you talk about one number only, you have to tell which one it is. You can say it's x, or it's y. You can also say it's about the X-axis, it's like saying it's y. And vice versa.

  • @paranoidparadigm886
    @paranoidparadigm886 3 года назад +10

    40:08 he forgot the 1/2

    • @diags_1109
      @diags_1109 2 года назад

      would it not be -1/2 since that is the x value

  • @ahmedrizwan3465
    @ahmedrizwan3465 8 месяцев назад

    this is calculus 1 right?

  • @bawol-official
    @bawol-official 2 года назад

    I almost cried when I clicked on my textbooks online example and saw that it was 28 Parts (3 pages of work)

  • @manojkalita3619
    @manojkalita3619 2 года назад

    Integration DX/2+x

  • @leomessigoalsonly8102
    @leomessigoalsonly8102 2 года назад

    Well i don't know where our ½ "From the formula" go all of a sudden

  • @arkofsalvation7806
    @arkofsalvation7806 4 года назад

    Wow!! So helpful techniques, thank you so much Organic.. By the way you are you??😂😂😂

  • @faisalmohamed4595
    @faisalmohamed4595 7 месяцев назад

    25:06 you should have just said find the centroide of y=squareroot ofX-x instead of making it like its two diffrent question
    By writing Y=square root of x
    Y= X

  • @kaheechan8618
    @kaheechan8618 2 года назад +1

    When the RUclips video is much helpful than the professor

  • @MRHite-rq8fq
    @MRHite-rq8fq 3 года назад

    Ur a god thank you

  • @axeljorgensen3438
    @axeljorgensen3438 4 года назад

    I'm grateful for the breakdown of this complex topic... one thing though. Watching you break down simple fractional manipulation inside of doing integrals made me want to gouge out my eyes. Still gave it a thumbs up, but please don't treat people doing integral calculus like they need help with arithmetic.

  • @johnkupa8885
    @johnkupa8885 3 года назад +2

    those people who unlike this must be some professors who cannot teach perfectly like him...lol

  • @yunoletmehaveaname
    @yunoletmehaveaname 4 года назад +3

    A lot if the lesson is lost in the algebra...